compellabilityn.
/kəmpɛləˈbɪlɪti/ Law.
The quality or state of being compellable; spec. liability to be legally required to act as a witness, regardless of one's willingness to do so.
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compellability1883
society > law > law enforcement > [noun] > ability to be enforced
enforceability1921
compellability1930
1883 W. M. Best Princ. Law Evid. (ed. 7) ii. i. i. 123 (heading) Part I. Witnesses.—Chap. I. Compellability.
1892 S. L. Phipson Law of Evid. xl. 322 Compellability to be sworn must be distinguished from compellability when sworn to answer questions.
1930 H. Shove Fairy Ring of Commerce v. 41 This system depends entirely on the belief in the ability and willingness, or compellability, of the debtor to ‘honour’ his bills.
1976 Phipson on Evidence (ed. 12) xxviii. 609 The Evidence Act 1869..placed the parties and their husbands and wives in such proceedings in the same position as to compellability as ordinary witnesses.
1979 Daily Tel. 12 Jan. 2/7 On the ‘competency and compellability’ of an accused's spouse giving evidence the association recommended that the accused's spouse should be competent to give evidence for the prosecution unless jointly charged.
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